Pseudoceneus iridescens
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Pterostichini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Sloane, T.G. (1920). The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 45: 113-178.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
